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Portraying Girlhood

Portraying Girlhood

Valeria Tijerina, Reporter April 26, 2023

As Lux Lisbon (Kirsten Dunst), protagonist of the 1999 film, The Virgin Suicides, sits up on a football field and surveys her blue-tinted world, she is a true representation of many young girls. After...

Revisiting Daisy Jones & The Six

Revisiting “Daisy Jones & The Six”

Hannah Ashtari, Managing Editor April 19, 2023

Even almost forty years on, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours remains just as compelling as it was when it was first released. The drama which plagued the band in the making of the album blends through into the...

Featured on the first volume’s cover is the main character of Hell’s Paradise, Gabimaru the Hollow. As the main character of the series, the story explores his relationship with the human will to live and his violent past. Art courtesy of Yuji Kaku.

What You Should Be Watching in Anime Spring Season

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor April 13, 2023

Featuring premieres during the first two weeks of April, the anime spring season of 2023 has just barely started. Following a year filled with some of the biggest and most groundbreaking anime, like Attack...

The Police vs U2 - Battle of the 80s Blockbuster Bands (Part Two)

The Police vs U2 – Battle of the 80s Blockbuster Bands (Part Two)

Oliver Barnfield, Video Editor April 4, 2023

This piece is part two of a two-part series. Read the first installment here.  For their fifth release, both The Police and U2 created their most popular and artistically successful work ever- and...

The Police vs U2 - Battle of the 80s Blockbuster Bands

The Police vs U2 – Battle of the 80s Blockbuster Bands

Oliver Barnfield, Video Editor March 31, 2023

This piece is part one of a two-part series. Turn on any classic rock radio or 80s station, and you’re bound to hear a Police song. This band, while hugely popular, never got many imitators, never...

Pixar released many shorts over their lifetime as a company, but not all of them were created equal.

Reviewing Pixar Shorts Throughout the Years

Oliver Barnfield and Baker Tuthill March 29, 2023

Ever since Pixar began releasing short animations (commonly known as Pixar Shorts) in 1984, they have been a staple of the animation industry. Lighthearted stories, feel-good moments, and charming visuals...

Owner Sam Bayizitlioglu cleans the coffee equipment during the busy hours of the bakery.

Locally-Owned Bakery Cures Customers With Caffeine and Hospitality 

Shivani Kondubhatla, A&E Editor March 21, 2023

After immigrating from Turkey five years ago, the Bayizitlioglus were intent on escaping their corporate jobs and embarking on a journey to find themselves through their own small business. With owner...

Centaurworld’s Cheerful Setting Masks Dark Themes and an Emotional Storyline

Centaurworld’s Cheerful Setting Masks Dark Themes and an Emotional Storyline

Prima Changwatchai, Community & World News Editor March 6, 2023

Centaurworld, an animated series and musical comedy, was released on July 30, 2021, with a second season released later in the year. Fast-paced, random, and set in a candy-colored world, the series seems...

Marvel Phase Four: The Fading Lights of Marvels Stardom

Marvel Phase Four: The Fading Lights of Marvel’s Stardom

Zoejane Ostebo, Opinions Editor and Extras Editor February 22, 2023

I feel that it goes without saying, but Marvel Phase Four hasn’t been what fans expected. Since the highly-anticipated release of Avengers: Endgame, the writers and producers at Marvel have been trying...

Horizons Best Albums of 2022

Horizon’s Best Albums of 2022

2022 in the music industry was marked by surprise— many notable artists and bands made a comeback with albums completely shattering the styles they embraced before. As we head into the new year, we've...

Girl From Nowhere is a Thai horror anthology series about karma, vengeance, and corruption within the Thai educational system. The  show currently has two seasons on Netflix. Graphic courtesy of Hadley Norris

Girl From Nowhere: How a Thai Mystery Series Thrills Viewers With Darkness

Prima Changwatchai, Community & World News Editor January 11, 2023

Often based on real-life events, Girl From Nowhere – a Thai mystery thriller series that has released two seasons so far – tackles a wide variety of issues that plague modern high schools in Thailand,...

American Psycho, the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, spurned a film adaptation which catapulted itself into timeless cultural relevance.

American Psycho Teaches a Lesson in Media Literacy

Pom Babbitt, Reporter January 4, 2023

Despite being based on a relatively obscure novel and being released in the far-off year of 2000, Mary Harron’s film American Psycho starring Christian Bale has captured the hearts and minds of many,...

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